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Affiliate Training for Beginners
Alright.
Welcome everybody.
Welcome to the ERC's affiliate training for beginners class.
So this class is designed for beginners, or those that are new to the affiliate marketing world, even if you signed up as an affiliate a long time ago.
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If you have not signed up as an affiliate yet, no worries.
We're gonna go through that as well.
It's quick and easy.
So just to make sure everyone's clear on what other names such as Earseeds Ambassadors, or the Earseeds Club, or the or other names such as ear seeds ambassadors or the ear seeds club or the ear seeds pro club.
But just to be clear, we're talking about being an affiliate for earseeds.com, which is the physical product, the earseeds themselves.
So our goal is to help you reach more people, more of your audience, so you can make more sales and earn more revenue.
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All while helping others.
So that's the beauty of this, that you're choosing a product that actually helps people.
First, let me just read the required disclaimer since I have to do that.
This workshop is for informational purposes only.
It is not financial advice, will not take the place of a device of a licensed financial consultant based on your business.
Thrive ERCs and ERCs dotcom did not assume liability for anything contained in this workshop, and individual results and financial results, of course, will vary.
So here are just some of the things we'll be covering today.
How to locate your unique affiliate ID number, how to link to any page using your unique affiliate ID, how to know if people are clicking on your affiliate link.
That's always nice to know.
Learn about cookie length and tracking duration, and how to get paid, plus so much more, and we'll even include some marketing strategies at the end.
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Bonus.
So what is affiliate marketing?
Affiliate marketing is a way of generating an income by sharing, recommending, and promoting ERC's products.
It's not an MLM.
It's not a get rich quick scheme.
It's simply an honest way to help others while staying productive and to bring in some extra income.
You are a piece of the profit for each sale that is made from your referral.
All you have to do is send people or or traffic through a special link to our website, yourseeds.com, and everything after that is out of your hands.
Of course, there's a lot more to it than just sending someone through a link, and we'll get we'll touch upon that soon.
Being in your seed's affiliate is also low risk.
The zero investment, because it's free to become an Earseeds affiliate.
And you're not the product owner, so you don't lose anything if a customer doesn't buy.
But that also could work against you since you may be like, well, I don't have to try so hard, because I won't lose anything.
But then, obviously, you won't make anything either, and that would be a shame because this is really a unique opportunity to earn good money with absolutely zero risk.
Some affiliates actually pay for ads and other things, so they actually have skin in the game, and it makes them work harder, and they tend to enjoy more of the rewards.
ERC's affiliate marketing also provides the potential for passive income.
There's always work in the beginning, but it can lead to sales while you're asleep or on vacation.
And there's more freedom.
When you start earning passive or recurring income, you can work anytime from anywhere as long as you have Internet access.
Can anyone become an ERC's affiliates?
No.
Not everyone.
Because at ERCs dotcom, we're all about keeping things genuine, authentic, and that include our affiliate program.
So we welcome individuals, small businesses, wellness enthusiasts, health professionals.
Basically, those who genuinely love your seed and holistic wellness and have a passion for helping others.
We don't like those those coupon sites that only talk about discounts and deals.
We also don't like those review sites that seem like they're just in it for the affiliate commissions.
And we prefer genuine, honest opinions from people who actually believe in what they're talking about.
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So if you're someone who is passionate about ear seeds and spreading the word about holistic wellness in their authentic way, then you're definitely our kind of affiliates.
So let's go over how to quickly sign up as an affiliate even though most of you already are, and then we'll really dive into getting to know your affiliate dashboard.
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Actually, let me shrink this down.
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You guys can now see the can you see the home page?
Robin, can you see the home page of bsud.com?
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Looks good.
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Cool.
Alright.
So how to sign up as an ERCs affiliate?
So first, move this out of the way.
1st, go to earseeds.com.
You'll see the URL on top of the screen here, earseeds.com.
At the top of airseeds.com, you will see a navigation bar right over here, free class, special deals, get spark, shop, learn, and my account.
When you hover over my account, you'll see a drop down menu.
Click on the affiliate tab right here.
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That will take you to the affiliate information page right here.
If you are already an affiliate, this is where you go to sign in.
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Go to airseeds.com, click on the affiliate tab of the drop down of my account, and then click here, already an affiliate, login, then go log in.
To sign up as a new affiliate, scroll down this page all the way to the bottom, and you'll see right here, apply here.
You click on that.
Click on there, and that'll take you right here to the next page to register as a new affiliate account.
So what you do here is to spell out your name, your full name, first name, last name, put in a username.
The username could be your email or it could be, nickname of any kind.
Put in your account email.
That's basically your email that you check frequently, so you won't miss any affiliate emails.
And then you put in your payment email.
Your payment email is your PayPal email, and you must have an account with PayPal to be an affiliate with your seeds.com because that's how we pay money, PayPal.
So you need to have a PayPal account, and then you will be able to see PayPal, your payments.
Underneath that is a website URL, put in your website.
If you don't have a website, you could just put in n a.
You could just put in n a.
Okay.
Like, not applicable.
And then underneath that, how will you promote us?
Just put in whatever you feel like you will be promoting, such as social media, through emails, well, whatever else you think you will be, you know, working as an affiliate.
Choose a password.
Confirm your password just to make sure they're identical, and then click register.
That's it.
Okay?
Is there a waiting period?
Right.
When you click register, you're not automatically an affiliate because we get, you know, spam accounts as well, and we approve everybody manually.
So there is a waiting period, and we're also a small family business, so it could be 1 or 2 days to be approved as well.
And if you sign up on the weekend, give it an extra day or 2 as well.
If anyone hasn't signed up yet and you're gonna sign up today, right after this, after the class, I will go to the admin area and, preview immediately today just to get you started.
You will receive an email when you are approved.
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So look out for an email, and then you will basically come back to this page.
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You will go back to esu's.com, click on my account, affiliates, and you can come right back here already in affiliates once you're approved.
The trick is if you click on already as an affiliate here or if you click on apply here, they're actually both gonna take you to this page.
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So once you're approved or once you are already an approved affiliate, you come back to this page, just skip.
Skip all this part.
No need to register again.
Just scroll down and go to log into your account.
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Log into your account, and then just put in your username and password, and you are done.
You log in right there.
Once you log in there, it will immediately take you to your affiliate dashboard, your affiliate dashboard.
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So this is where you will see your own unique affiliate ID.
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Once logged in, you go right to this page, and right here, you will see your affiliate ID.
Everybody has their own unique number, and your number could be anywhere from 1 to 4 numbers.
Will never be more than 4.
My test affiliate account here is 1048.
Okay.
So find your number, know your number.
That's the most important.
And to get started right away, you will see your first URL affiliate link right here under your affiliate number.
Right here, your referral URL right here, this whole thing from the httpwww.ecs.com/raf/andthenyournumber.
This will be unique for everybody.
It'll be your number here.
You can start copying that and immediately start sharing that link.
Just make sure you copy the entire thing, right, from the HTTP all the way including the slashes.
I see some people make errors here, and they don't copy the whole thing, and then the affiliate link no longer works.
Very important.
Copy to all.
The other thing I see some people do is they add information or text or their name into the area here.
Don't do that as well because that'll mess up the affiliate link, and it will not work.
It will not work.
Copy exactly as is.
Don't take away anything, and don't add anything right there.
And you can start sharing that complete link on social media, in your emails.
You could put it on your websites.
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You can start using that anywhere.
And, technically technically, that's all you need to know.
You could take that URL, start sharing, promoting your suit, and potentially do well and done.
But I am gonna be showing you more stuff in your affiliate dashboard, and then we're gonna get into some marketing strategies as well.
So what if you want to link to a specific page on earseeds.com or specific product.
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Maybe you just wanna promote a specific product to your followers.
That's good to do as well.
So maybe you'll wanna send them to the popular essential ear seeds kit.
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So if you wanna do that, this is what you do.
You go back well, let's go to earseeds.com.
You go to the homepage of yourseeds.com.
You can take one of the popular products here.
Let's say you want the essentials kits.
Click on it and go directly to the products.
If it's not this one, you could choose any product you like.
Go to the product you like and copy the URL.
So right over here, you see the URL.
Just click on it and copy it right there.
Once you have that URL, go back to your affiliate dashboard.
Underneath your affiliate ID number and your referral URL, you will see a custom link generator.
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Enter any URL from the website in the form below to generate a custom link.
So what you do is you take that link you just copied, whether it's the product or it's a page, paste it right in here.
So you have the full link over here, and then you create a custom link by clicking this here.
Ignore add a campaign.
That's optional.
You can ignore that.
That's something that's a little bit more advanced.
We'll go over that another time.
Then click create custom link, and there you go.
It added the custom link right over here under the section here with your affiliate ID number.
So you now you have a complete URL of your affiliate URL to a product or page of your choice.
By doing that, it saves it here.
You can come back here anytime.
You can go here, and you can just click here.
It says copy link.
Just click.
The link is copied, and now you can start sharing that complete link just like sharing your referral URL on top.
Like, this one always goes to the homepage, yesseats.com, and the custom link goes to any page or product that you choose.
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And you can do that.
You can go to a blog article.
You can go to another product.
Maybe you'll wanna talk about a specific product to your audience and recommend that.
Go to the product page, copy the URL, Put it in here.
Put it here on the page URL.
Click create custom link, and you'll have another link over here to that product.
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Within your affiliate dashboard, you have a separate navigation bar.
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Yes.
Use.com.
We already went over the navigation bar on top where my account affiliates is.
Within your within your affiliate dashboard, you have a separate navigation link right over here.
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Affiliate URLs, creative statistics, right, payout settings, bonuses.
This is its own internal navigation bar.
So let's just go over those tabs.
You can ignore the bonuses tab.
Ignore the bonuses tab.
There's nothing there right now.
We're just exploring that.
But click on settings.
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We're gonna click on settings.
Only 2 things here, but they are important if you want especially if you wanna get paid.
This is where your payment email goes.
So like I mentioned before, it's your PayPal email.
It's your PayPal email.
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So you need to have a PayPal account to get paid.
Make sure your PayPal email is listed here.
If you sign up as an affiliate account and accidentally put in your regular email as your payment email, no worries.
Just go here into settings and put in your correct PayPal email right here for your payment email.
If your PayPal email changes along the way, don't worry.
Just update this area over here.
Put in your new PayPal email here.
When you put it in, make sure you click save profile settings, and that will update the page, and it'll be saved.
There is also this one section here that says enable new referral notifications.
This means that you will receive an email every time you make a sale and earn commission.
If you want those emails, make sure this box is checked and click save profile settings.
If you don't want the emails, uncheck that, and then click save profile settings.
And that's it.
That's it there.
Now if you wanna know if people are actually clicking on your link, then go to this tab over here, the visits tab.
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You could be putting out the link, the main the the basic link that's on your affiliate dashboard, or maybe you made some custom links.
But you wanna know when you put it out on social media, are people even clicking on your link?
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I think everyone generally wants to know people are clicking on the link.
So you go to the visits tab over here.
If someone clicked on your affiliate link, this is where it will show up.
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Under the URL, it'll have the URL of the page that you linked to was the home page like this, but whether it's the custom link of the product page, that URL will show over here, and it will have the date that a person clicked on there.
If you receive many clicks, then there'll there will be a lot of URLs going down this page.
What if someone clicked through and bought an Earsheets product?
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So then click on this referrals tab over here.
And over here, it will say if a purchase has been made and the amount you earned.
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You'll also have the date as well.
So that'll be under the the referrals tab.
So then what's the payouts tab?
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So different than the referrals tab, referrals tab is if you made a referral, while the payouts tab shows you the date and the amount paid to you at each payout period at each payout period.
So payouts are made approximately 4 weeks after the end of the previous month.
Many affiliate programs payout quarterly, but I personally just don't like to hold on to money that's not mine.
So I'd like to send it out every month.
But there needs to be a waiting period in case there are returns.
So because referrals are made and then commissions are paid a month later, you will often see a referral under this tab, but no payout yet under that tab.
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So just remember, give it about a month before the payout goes out.
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Payouts always go out a month after, so it won't seem so even with what you made and what's owed to you.
So it takes about a month.
So for example so what what do we now?
We're in April now.
So all affiliate commissions earned in March, this past month, payouts will be made by the end of this month in April.
So that's basically how it works.
If you like graphs, you can always click on this graphs tab over here, and it'll show you in graph form some of the referral earnings that you made.
And if you click on the statistics tab over here, it will show you all the information in one place.
Over here, how many referrals you made that you did not receive a payout yet.
Let's say in March, you earned 3 referrals.
You'll see the number 3 here, but you will see 0 here because you haven't got paid yet because it's not the end of the month.
Underneath it, you will see unpaid earnings.
So how much those referrals added up to for your commission, that would be over here.
Oh, yes.
So that would be how much money is owed to you.
While here, it will have the total of how much money you've actually earned in the past.
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How many how much you've gotten paid.
Here, it just a running total of how many people visited or clicked on your link, and the conversion rate, it basically means what percentage of the people that clicked on your affiliate link actually bought a product.
So these are just numbers some people like to know.
And just a reminder that the commission rate is 20%.
You will see that here as well.
And if you scroll down a little bit more here, we just remind you of the affiliate commission structure of 20%, and, also, we don't accept affiliate sales for your own link or other members because other members also get discounts on wholesalers, so it doesn't count for that as well.
The other tab that is good to know is the creatives tab.
But the creatives tab, you can actually ignore because we made a special place much more elaborate for you where you can grab and use a whole bunch of images that you like.
So ignore creatives, scroll down, and right over here, grab your affiliate images and access your affiliate resource center.
This is where you will find all the great creatives, images, and resource.
So I'm gonna click on that now.
This is what you can do.
When you click on that, it'll go to your affiliate content center.
You will find some information like what I'm talking about today.
And if you scroll down, you will see these 2 image icons over here.
So the affiliate info over here is coming soon because this video will be recorded.
So we're gonna put that over here so you can go back and review the information on today's class anytime, and then you have ERC's images and d f y content.
So if you click on these, either one, it takes you to this page, and you have many images that you can use.
So for example, let's click on this one.
I'm gonna click on the educational images.
You can take these images.
You could download these images.
There's a whole bunch of great, interesting, unique, and exciting images that'll get your followers really excited about, and you can hyperlink these images with your affiliate URL with your affiliate URL.
And you could post these on social media, like Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, wherever you like.
You can use these images, and we have a whole variety of them too here with some crystal seeds, some gold, some charts, and you could use them as often as you like, social media, your emails.
And we also have here the 7 days of done for you ERC content to share on social media.
This is pretty cool because one of the most challenging things for affiliates is to come up with content, what to post, what to share.
So we did it for you right over here.
We gave you 7 days' worth.
So for example, you can go down here, click on day 1.
Day 1, we basically do copy and paste material that you can use immediately right away.
You can take day 1 content.
You can copy what we say right here exactly, or you can edit it for your own voice or for your own language.
That's good to do.
Definitely good to do.
But if you don't want it, you don't have to.
You can copy these promos that we're saying right over here, and you can end it with this URL over here.
This is an affiliate URL.
So remember, when you copy this and use this in your social media or emails, you wanna delete the 3 pound signs over here and add your own unique affiliate number.
Right back in your affiliate dashboard, replace this with your own affiliate ID number, and there you have your affiliate link.
And you can click here, expand, and you can grab images.
You got a couple of options for this post, and you can use this on social media wherever you like in your email.
And we designed these 7 days to be educational or experiential where your followers will get excited about, and they will want to click on your affiliate link to learn more.
And just because these 7 day challenge emails or posts use a link that goes to the blog and not actually a product, that's actually a very good strategy because they don't have to click onto a product and immediately buy the product for you to gain your affiliate sale or commission.
They can read about it, learn about it, get excited about it, then go to a product on another page, and you still get the commission.
So it doesn't matter where they land on e s t's dot com.
It doesn't matter where they land.
So that is your media or creative, content over here that you access from your affiliate dashboard from your affiliate dashboard.
So, before I get into some, marketing strategies, are there any, questions?
Any questions haven't been answered or anything you needed to see again in this affiliate dashboard?
Let me know.
Normally, we don't have the specific, single kits in Moab.
We learned that the most popular are the the all in one kits because it's not just a a money saver.
It also just includes, depending on which could you purchase, many, many, many health conditions, and people tend to enjoy that the most.
Melissa's got 27 visits.
Nice.
Smita, how long did the cookies stay?
I'm I'm I'm gonna mention that again later, but, just to let you know.
So the cookies last 90 days, so it's 3 months.
So what does that mean?
That means if you get someone excited about it, you're seeing they click on your affiliate link.
They go to yourseas.com.
They learn about it, and they're like, wow.
This is exciting.
I wanna buy it, but I don't get they can still buy next month, and you still get the credit for it.
They could buy 2 months later, you still get the credit for it.
They could buy within 3 months, and you still get the credit.
Most people buy much sooner than that, and the trick is to keep educating them along the way.
And usually within the first couple of weeks, they will end up buying.
Okay.
I am going to now, share the other screen with you so we can get to so we can get to here we go.
Some affiliate marketing strategies.
You guys can see this now.
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Okay.
This is back to that other page.
Let me move this up here.
Okay.
Alright.
So let's talk about some affiliate marketing basics and get into some strategies.
So now that you have your own unique affiliate ID, you can post it across your social media platforms, and you can place it on your website as well.
You could email it to your email list, and you could even email it on 1 on 1.
A lot of people do that, especially those who are health professionals, and they're doing maybe some telemarketing, telehealth, and, they wanna send a direct affiliate link to that person.
So you could do 1 on 1 as well.
You can share your affiliate link with content as well using any form of communication that feels right for you.
Like I said, you can make a video.
You can share an Instagram story or post something in your feed or something on Facebook Facebook post.
TikTok is beginning very popular as well, So you can do that as well, or you could do all of it.
Whatever feels good for you, whatever feels right for you.
The beauty of social media is that because of the algorithm, not everyone is going to see everything, and they're not going to see all your posts.
So they're not gonna necessarily be avoiding your post then either.
They're actually going to be looking to see looking forward to see what's next, because it's gonna be interesting stuff for them.
So when done the right way, affiliate marketing can be a win win win.
A win for your audience, a win for you, and a win for us at.com.
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Plus, it's a win for small family businesses all around because that's what we all are.
But at the center of all of this is one thing, and that is your audience's trust.
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The number one goal for you to gain from your followers and audience is not sales.
It's actually trust.
Trust.
If you just go for the sales, they're gonna see right through you.
Then they're not gonna trust you, and they certainly will not buy from you.
And you don't wanna act fake, right, just for the purpose of gaining their trust.
But you definitely need to be real, authentic, sincere, be honest, you know, be yourself.
Like, your audience needs to believe that you have their best interest at heart, so then they will trust your recommendations.
And the more they trust you, the more they will buy from you.
So how do you build trust?
So to build trust, follow these two simple rules.
It's best to only recommend products that you are very familiar with.
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Hopefully, you've all used Eosseeds before, and it has helped you.
If you're not confident in the products and you don't feel like it will help people, then you shouldn't promote it.
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That's generally how things work.
And don't just promote it because ERCs are popular now.
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They've been seen in many news stories, publications.
So you really wanna promote them only if you understand them and feel like they can help people.
And has anyone here not even used your seeds yet?
If you haven't, you should definitely get a kit to try it.
Number 2.
Never directly tell anyone to go buy a product.
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I always recommend products based on my experience and in the context of what I'm actually doing with it currently or what I'm getting ready to do with it.
Do it that way, you'll end up getting more sales.
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Because you're basically sharing information.
You're not getting, like, a hard sell, go buy, go buy.
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This is more of a soft pitch style.
So by doing these two things, you will definitely achieve trust.
Your audience will know that you only want them to buy the products that they need and at the time that they need them.
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So they know you've got the best interest at heart, and they know there's no pressure from you at all.
And that's the best way of doing it.
It's soft.
So relationships are everything.
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So get to know your audience.
Understand their needs, their pain points, their wants.
Building a relationship is really the foundation of trust.
And to accomplish this, here are a few tips.
So first of all, be personal.
And it's easier to buy something from someone you know than a complete stranger.
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Have personality.
Mention some personal things about your family or if you have kids, for example.
So ERC has grown a lot over the years, and the people who know us know that we are a small family business.
We're a husband and wife team.
We have 2 young girls.
People like to support small family businesses.
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So tell them about you.
Let them know you a little bit.
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When they see a a real person, they can relate to you better, especially online.
People don't know who's really behind the image, you know, that someone is sharing.
That's one of the advantages of video as well.
Let them see you, get to know you, building relationship, and trust will be that much easier.
Tell stories as well.
People like stories.
Right?
They're personal.
They build relationships, and they certainly build trust.
Stories also put things into context.
They help make things more relatable with the audience and are more personal.
I remember I told this story once.
I put it on my blog of when I placed ear seeds on my ears for my back pain.
My ears were, like, killing me.
They were killing me from the ear seeds, and I told them I had to remove the ear seeds for sleeping because they just hurt too much.
I put new ones on in the morning, but after a couple of days, my back was so much better.
I was able to wear my ear seeds during the sleep eventually because as my back improved, the pain of my ear lessened as well due to the direct correspondence of the back and the ear points.
So people related to that, they understood it more and were more likely to make a purchase and more likely also to stick with the program.
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Even though it might hurt a little bit, but now they got it.
They get it.
So you can do something similar.
Tell a story how Earseeds has helped you in a certain situation.
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Definitely be personal.
Include how to how it may have been uncomfortable at first, but how it ended up really helping you.
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Don't just tell them to buy.
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But when you mention your seeds, drop your affiliate link right afterwards.
And you could post this on your social media, Facebook, Instagram, your newsletter if you have 1, or email it out to your list or individual people.
If you do have a newsletter, you can actually make it a little bit longer.
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You can make your stories a little bit longer, and you can also hyperlink your affiliate URL in more than one place.
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It could be 2 places, could also be, you know, 3 or more as well.
But definitely don't stress this.
It can be short.
I'd imagine you're basically telling this story to a friend about how you tried to your season, what happened.
That's basically what you're doing.
And when you post this on social media, a strategy that can help build your relationship with your audience, and it's a small thing, but it's actually quite powerful.
It's a powerful relationship builder, is to reply to their comments.
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Reply to their comments on social media because it makes them feel connected, and they like that.
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So tell stories and be personal.
Lisa was asking, is it okay to share articles from the website into our newsletter?
So you can share you can share snippets of it, which is a better strategy anyway.
You don't wanna copy it all.
You wanna share snippets of it, and you could do something similar, well, in your newsletter and even on on your blog, if you have a blog.
Take snippets of it, and then you link to the full article on esudis.com with your affiliate link.
That's the best way because it generates clicks, and that's a big goal.
You wanna generate clicks because when you continue to educate them after that, there's a much higher likelihood that they will end up buying.
What else?
Testimonials.
So share personal testimonials.
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Why do you love ear seeds?
Share your own personal results, or you can share things that you've seen in others.
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When people hear results from you or from other people that you're talking about, they get inspired and incentivized to try it too.
Testimonials are really one of the most effective conversion tools that there are.
Just make sure they are real.
They gotta be real.
No fake.
Don't make them up.
They gotta be real.
They can't even sound fake because that'll be a turnoff as well.
Just make them real.
And when they come from you, they're truthful.
They're then very powerful.
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So definitely include testimonials.
And you can definitely start with your own.
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If you use them for yourself, definitely start with your own.
And if you are a health professional and helping others, start sharing the results that you've gotten by helping others as testimonials as well, and you will see how much that'll that'll work.
Alright.
And definitely share educational content.
We've touched upon that a little bit because educational content is, like, what are ear seeds?
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What are they good for?
What health issues can they help with?
Again, this is a great strategy because it's not a hard sell.
You're not telling anyone to go buy a product.
It's a soft pitch.
You're sharing interesting information that gets them interested to learn more.
What happens when they wanna learn more?
They click.
When they click on the affiliate link, boom, they're locked in, and now you have 3 months.
You could do it in weeks, but you have 3 months to continue to educate them, and they will want to buy.
Right?
So but we were just mentioning an effective an effective strategy is to go to the er seeds.com blog because they have many blog posts and a variety of educational topics.
Go to one that you like, then you can copy the URL.
Right?
What do you do when you get the URL?
Go back to your affiliate dashboard, create your custom affiliate link generator just like we did before.
And now you have a link, and you could add a snippet about the article and then link them to the ERCs dotcom article themselves.
When they click on that to learn more and they eventually buy a product, you then get your commission.
So and, again, this is where cookies come into play.
I mentioned before, cookie is basically just a technical term used for the affiliate tracking link.
Right?
When someone clicks on your affiliate link, they get cookied in cookied in.
So if the cookie track if the cookie tracking link lasts, for example, 30 days, this would mean that after they click on your affiliate link, they could make a purchase within 30 days, and and you still get the credit and earn commission.
Right?
They do not need to buy on the same day.
And like I mentioned before at eocs.com, we have that cookie set for 90 days.
So that means after you get your followers excited about ear seeds, they click on your link, They can make a purchase up to 3 months later, and you still get credits.
That's pretty cool.
And most people purchase much, much, much, much sooner.
1, strike well, if you just send out the link and they purchase and you kinda just walk away, sure.
It's possible they may not make a purchase.
Because just like you walked away and forgot about it, they'll forget about it as well.
But if you're on your game and you continue to educate them more about your seeds, it'll still be on their mind.
And then they will most likely come back maybe next week, maybe the next day, or maybe even next month.
And then more likely, they will purchase a product, and you will get your commission.
Right?
So this really gives you the op the 90 day cookie gives you the opportunity to continue and consistently educate your followers so they will eventually buy.
That's the best strategy.
Okay.
Let's see.
Oh, let's get to, let's cover some general do's and don'ts.
So here we have, for example, do, what you can do.
You can you can certainly share that you are an affiliate, that you are an affiliate of yesterunes.com.
You love the products, and you wanna share it with others.
Right?
A lot of people feel like at least years ago, people didn't like to let people know that they are an affiliate.
But today, 2024, you can absolutely let people know.
A lot of people like that because they know, oh, as an affiliate, you must know more about the product than other people, and they really like to learn more information from you.
Don't.
Definitely do not join one of those groups, Facebook groups, or other groups just to drop your affiliate link because that would be considered spamming.
Right?
If you participate in a group and there's a a natural way, an organic way to share with them about ear seeds and use affiliate link, sure, then you can do that.
But there are and I've seen people in the past.
I've been in groups before, and I see people jumping in these groups and just dropping affiliate links, dropping affiliate links.
It's spamming.
It's spamming.
Do not do that.
First of all, the group moderator, the group owner will kick you out because they don't like that either, and it's not a good way to generate sales.
Also, don't expect to know who bought through your affiliate link.
Right?
HIPAA rules, we can't reveal that information.
I mean, we don't we don't really have that information unless we dig in as well, but, that cannot be shared.
I know some people in the past have asked, oh, do you know who bought my affiliate link?
Bought the product for my affiliate link.
I wanna thank them, but we cannot do that.
HIPAA rules, we can't share that at all.
But what you can do is you can let your followers know that when the product arrives, that you're able to assist them in their application with any other help that they may need.
You can do that.
And one one good strategy for that is, especially by letting them know you're an affiliate, you can let them know if you purchase through my affiliate link, I will be able to assist you or help you with point location and some other strategies with your seeds to help you with your health issue.
And you could let them know you're able to do that because as an affiliate, when you purchase through my affiliate link, I get a piece of the commission, and it's important to say if you're gonna say this, at no extra cost for you.
Right?
They do not pay anything extra.
Okay?
So be because of that, you earn a little piece of the pie, you are able to help them with what everything that they need.
So that can encourage them to also buy from you.
They're not just buying as a someplace else or an outside or a discount place.
There's a connection there.
There's a relationship there, and you're helping them.
It's really a service that they're not paying anything for.
They're not paying extra for, but it's worth it to you because you're getting a commission.
So that's another good strategy.
Don't need a the HIPAA it's just privacy act.
The HIPAA is the it's just the privacy act.
We can't share who made a purchase on our sites with you, but you can certainly use these other strategies to let people know that they can share with you that they bought from you because maybe you'll do some bonus for them.
Another big, big, big don't is don't ever make claims.
Right?
Never use words like treats or cure or things like that.
Right?
Because a product, you can never talk about book like that regarding a product.
It's just not allowed, and, it could get in trouble with the FDA.
So you can't do that.
What you could do, what we do all the time, which is is this last one here, is talk about ear seeds as an experience.
Right?
It can have a positive effects on your body.
Right?
The kits are educational.
The associates are educational kits.
They teach you the points that have been traditionally used and stimulated for a variety of conditions.
So you can talk like that for sure.
Just never say treat or cure when you're talking about a product.
Alright.
Any other questions here before we will move on?
We got them all.
Tiffany.
Yep.
Exactly.
Yep.
You have to be very careful about certain words.
Yeah.
So that's that's very important.
Samita, can you explain how how to talk about health issues, conditions like your fees without making a claim?
Sure.
So for example, when I had a terrible back pain, you know, I talk about my experience.
So I'm not saying, oh, ESTs will totally cure or alleviate your back pain.
What I'm saying is, so I have back pain, and I put ear seeds on points on my ear that have been shown to correspond to my low back area.
When I put the ear seeds on there, my pain in my back lessens.
You know, if you wanna get into, you know, deeper things like we do in our certification course, you could talk about the the nerves, the greater auricular nerve, the vagus nerve of how it works by connecting to the brain and part of the body.
But really, when you're letting them know, there's a correspondence between your body part and the nerves on your ear.
And when I put the ear seeds on my ear, it actually helped my back pain.
So I'm I'm relating it as an experience, and I'm not saying what it's going to do to them.
That's the key there.
It's really just, you know, the language.
Sophia, when do we ask questions?
Do we need help with a certain protocol?
Definitely go to the forum at thrive thrive airseeds.
Thrive airseeds has everything there for the forum.
Alright.
We're doing, pretty good in time.
Let's go to the next.
Oh, alright.
So first of all, thank you guys very much.
But I wanna share with you some potential next steps for you that can really up your affiliate strategies and your income overall.
So number 1, this Friday, we have a very special Instagram marketing class by guest expert, Michelle Graseck.
We'll get to that in a moment.
And number 2, you have a unique opportunity to really level up your ERCs knowledge and education by becoming ERCs certified.
Let me tell you first about this class on Friday, especially coming right after today's affiliate class.
This is the perfect class to follow-up with.
Michelle Graseck is a marketing specialist that helps wellness businesses grow their business.
And we all know the power of social media and Instagram in particular has been a place where people like you who love ERCs have grown their affiliate sales, and we've seen health professionals gain new clients and patients from there as well.
We've seen it all the time, the power of Instagram.
I remember the the past it's it's been a while we've done affiliate challenges, and every time every time someone was was doing the affiliate challenge with us live with Instagram and other social media as well, not only did they make affiliate sales, they also gained new clients and patients.
Happens every time.
Every time.
So Michelle will equip you with the tools for you to turn your Instagram page into a powerful marketing and Salesforce without sounding sales y.
Your affiliate sales will certainly skyrocket.
And for those of you that accept clients, like I said, your practice will certainly grow as well every time people are gaining and commenting and letting us know, oh, I just got 2 new 2 new clients from it as well besides an affiliate sale.
Right?
So, basically, you'll be able to use your Instagram page as an active and a passive income generating machine.
Right?
If you wanna learn how you can transform your followers into buyers, then definitely don't miss this class.
Robin dropped the link for this class if you wanna sign up.
It's coming this Friday.
Don't miss Michelle Grasek.
This is the great follow-up from affiliate class as well.
And for those of you who really wanna take the next step with me and Robin, you are invited to level 1 ERC's mastery certification course.
So when you become professionally certified in ERC with level 1, you'll be able to help yourself and others provide all natural drugs free pain and symptom relief.
You can avoid unnecessary medications and earn your seating income with a flexible schedule that works for you.
And whether you wanna remain as only an affiliate, this is very powerful because you can now talk the talk.
You'd be able to know so much more than 99.9% of people about Earseeds without Earseeds Mastery course, and you will also be able to and you'll want to be able to service people with your seeds because you'll be able to help so many people with so many health issues.
Right.
Check it out.
Year Seeds mastery level 1 includes 12 modules covering all the zones of the ear in our self paced online course.
You can complete the course in just 3 months by doing approximately 1 module per week, but since it's your own pace, some people finish it quicker.
Some take longer depending on your own schedule.
It all works.
Right?
We also have a moderated support forum for you to ask course or business questions.
You'll get ongoing access to the course materials even after you complete them, and it's a great opportunity, a forum insight, to meet and interact with, you know, self, same minded people with ear seeds.
So you get to meet all these people doing the same thing that you are.
And our 3 part signature learning system makes it easy to learn all the auricular points.
We break down the ear into 11 zones, and we teach you the auricular point locations, the auricular point functions, and the very popular, most people's favorite auricular diagnosis for each zone of the ear.
It's a fascinating system how you can look at someone's ear and see what's going on internally with their health.
It's amazing.
So you can check all the details out at ERC certification.com.
Robin's gonna drop the link to eust certification.com in here as well.
Melissa just commented level 1 was priceless.
So awesome.
The information was invaluable.
Thank you, Melissa.
Check it out.
We have a few testimonials on people in that course as well.
Take a look at Cindy here, for example.
Cindy had to start from scratch after the pandemic and recovering from breast cancer.
She started a new practice combining ear seeding and aromatherapy.
She then jumped onto the opportunity to share ear seeds at Columbia Memorial Hospital.
And during that week long event, she made over $3,000 in sales.
That one week, even though she was relatively new to ear seeding.
That's pretty cool.
So whether you use ear seeds as an affiliate or to service and help others like Cindy, your potential is is really sky high.
Check out also Selena.
She was in a growth phase of a chiropractic practice.
And once she added ear seeding, everything changed for her, and she started adding, events with the ear seeds.
She became the most popular booth by doing demos and building rapport with potential clients.
It seems like in the past 10 plus years with the Earseeds, those doing the Earseeds booth always have the most popular booth at the show.
People love it.
It's unique to them.
They come over, and you you immediately attract people, gain clients, and gain sales as well.
So Selena started, to quickly gain new chiropractic patients from the ear seeds, and she was able to raise her fees, growing a practice 40% in new revenue and new clientele.
She put everything we teach into practice and is getting amazing results.
So by the end of level 1 of the ERC's mastery program, you will be able to confidently deliver ERC treatments for over a 100 health conditions, you have the tools to start a successful ERCD ing business.
Because we not only teach you ERCDs and auriculotherapy, we also support you in starting your existing business and helping others in your community.
So we'll drop the link again, Rob, in the air.
You can check it all out here at air street certification.com, and we have a special for you.
If you sign up today to our level 1 air street certification course, you can use a coupon and get $100 off.
Robin, what was that coupon?
You can drop it in the
Yep.
It's thrive 100 is the coupon.
And, Ellie, can you just explain, what this course is in relation to the original Earseeds Academy course in level 2 where this all fits in?
If you took the original Eero Seeds Academy certification course, that would be equivalent to level 1 of the new ERC's mastery certification course.
So if you took that, you do not have to take level 1.
We actually for you guys, you would wanna then go on to level 2.
Our level 2 is a game changer.
Level 2 is we break down every area of the body and body systems, and we really focus on customizing ERC treatments for the individual.
So, for example, if someone's coming in to see you for asthma, we break down the reasons and the causes and how to select the best ear sheets for that individual.
So if someone else comes in who sees you with asthma, and they may not be getting as good results as your other asthma case, you have to we dive deep into that and and customize the treatment so it's individualized for that person.
So it's formulating ERC treatments with tons of health issues, and that'll be level 2.
So that would be the difference if you took the original ERC certification or if you took level 1, those are equivalent, then you'll wanna go to level 2.
Everyone else, start off level 1.
Dodie, you Dodie's, ready.
You're ready for level 2?
We'll we'll send you we could send you the link and the information for level 2 as well.
And, Robin, it's just it's same price, level 1, level 2.
Yeah.
And I just if you go over to Thrive Earseeds and just click on our catalog, you will see all of our certification and all of our upcoming training classes.
So I put that link in there.
So if anyone is interested in checking out the Ear Seeds Pro Club or level 2 or any of our other Earseeds training classes, those are all there.
And I'll just post that link again for you so you have it handy.
So, yeah, one of the reasons why we're giving you a $100 off, if you sign up today for level 1 certification, you get a $100 off because we feel a lot of you will benefit from the this Friday's class from a special guest, Michelle Graseck, on the Instagram marketing, especially great for affiliates or wanting to gain new clients and patients.
So our $100 off for level 1 will basically give you that class free and then and then some.
So we want to do that for you today.
So, Mia, make sure you sign up for that today if you want the discount, and also make sure before Friday for the Instagram class.
Yeah.
And I just wanted to open it up if anybody has questions about promoting.
I know Doty was talking about Facebook and just, you know, not really getting any traction when she's posting her links on Facebook, and affiliate marketing is really a numbers game.
You know, if you look at just email marketing in general, you know, about a good conversion rate of, like, which means, like, if if a 100 people see a link, a good conversion rate is about 2%.
So that basically means 2 out of every 100 people who see, you know, an affiliate link, especially from somebody they know, like, and trust, it it's only 2%.
So it really is a numbers game, but you can increase that by, you know, your people, your audience, your clients, your friends who know, like, and trust you already.
And if you have a solution for them, they're much more likely to use your affiliate link because they know you and they know that you know what you're talking about or you've used this before.
You you're the go to person for holistic health.
And so, you'll probably have a lot more success directly sharing your links with people who are interested.
So, like, if you're posting your links on Facebook and you're not getting much traction, then I would think about how can I create curiosity about ear seeds?
So a a really good example, is like the you know, I wrote an article for our our, you know, Thrive newsletter yesterday about point 0, which, you know, if you watched any of our classes or taken the certification, you know that I'm like a huge point zero fan.
It's like my favorite point on the ear.
I love it because it's the most balancing ear point in the entire body.
So it's like, how can you create curiosity about something that's worked for you?
So, like, you could say, you know, I was talking about how I use point 0, like, when I'm stuck in traffic or I'm waiting in line at the grocery store or my dog pees on my couch, I'll definitely be pressing point 0.
Right?
Because it's super balancing.
So how can you create curiosity?
And then you could say something like, hey.
If you're interested in doing what I'm doing, just direct message me or leave a comment, and I'll share with you what I'm doing.
So that's one way.
It's not necessarily going straight for the sale, but, like, talking about, you know, I've been doing this thing on my ear every day.
It's kind of weird.
Don't laugh, but I've been doing this thing on my ear.
And, you know, like, it's making me feel calm.
I've been doing it for 7 days.
I I'm sleeping better.
I'm feeling better.
And, of course, only say these things if they're real and true for you.
And then, you know, then you can say to them, like, let me know if you're interested in doing you know, and what I'm what's been working for me, I'm happy to share it with you.
And that way you're not necessarily selling anything.
You're just sharing the benefits, and they can reach out to you if they're then interested in put your a picture of the ear seeds.
You can write your own little page of what ear seeds are and how they work and why you love using them, and here's the link to purchase them.
And if you have clients, then you could just send the clients to your page to purchase them.
And that's one way that you can, encourage more sales.
It's just like whenever you need to refill your ear seeds, just go to my page and purchase them, and I will, you know, do some kind of value add, whether that's I'll give you a tutorial, or if you're having trouble with the point locations, let me know, and I'll create a short video showing you where to find that particular point or things like that.
So those those are the ways to really encourage people to buy from you.
I think the biggest mistake affiliates make is, not following up, not, you know, providing ongoing information, but also making it, you know, so that you they can reach out to you if they purchase from you.
Like, making it special to purchase from your link, is a great way to encourage those sales over and over again.
So let's see.
Smitha says, I'm in a Facebook group called earseeds.com.
Yeah.
So the the Facebook group is no longer active.
And, Ali, I just have to correct you.
We don't have a forum on Thryv.
We have a forum inside of Earseeds Pro Club, and we have a a forum inside of the Earseeds Certification, but there is no public forum at this time.
So we we don't offer, like, just a general forum that's just too much for us to keep up with, and we just closed down well, you can tell them why you closed the Facebook group.
So, oh, Nick's asking, why can they not be reused?
Someone's asking you this.
Oh, so you I mean, you could try and reuse them, but, honestly, it's all about the sticky.
The adhesive, degrades when it's in contact with your body your skin, which is, you know, at 97, you know, 0.8 degrees Fahrenheit.
And after wearing them for, you know, 3, 5, 7 days, depending on how much you sweat, how hot you are, and how much you shower and get your ears wet, they probably won't stick very well if you tried to reuse them.
I've tried to reuse them.
They they fall off, especially like the crystals.
It just doesn't work very well, so it's just better to to have new ear seeds with the sticky so you get the best results and the best stick.
Like a Band Aid.
We can't really reuse Band Aids either because they just don't stick anymore.
Right.
Right.
So the Earseeds Pro Club is really it's about helping you grow your ear seeding practice.
And, what we do is we provide essential business training, monthly coaching.
We have a rich templates library, including social media posts, and we have all of those, you know, resources really available at your fingertips.
That's where you can connect with your peers in a dedicated forum.
We've got the Simplero app with 50 plus protocols, and we're we're continually enriching your ear seeding practice with fresh insights with our monthly ear seeding classes, and that's all included in the club.
So this club is really designed for proactive ear seeding professionals ready to excel, integrate their knowledge, and actively engage with the support network.
So if you have a passion for ear seeds, you wanna grow a business, you're committed to learning, you know, you're someone who has a spirit of collaboration, then this club could really be the catalyst for your success.
So, if you're interested in the club, I'll go ahead and put that link there where you can check it out.
I'll just put it in the, the chat there if you guys are interested.
And there's also bonuses for those who are members.
These monthly classes that we offer are free for you.
No extra cost.
No extra cost.
For example, coming up, Michelle Grassick's Instagram, last on Friday, this is free for club members.
Next week is, ear sheets for infants and toddlers.
That's free for club members as well.
That is a class of benefiting the eyes and how to formulate the ear sheet treatment.
No extra cost for club members.
Yeah.
So the club is, we don't offer a monthly, you know, rate for the club.
Now you can join, like, a 3, 6, or 12 month plan because we know those are who who are committed and show up are getting amazing results implementing what we're learning in the class, and I'm like your personal business coach.
When you come into the club, I host a coach a group coaching session each month where, you know, you can ask me your questions, like, how do I get more traction on my posts?
Or, you know, whatever it is in your business that you're wanting to grow.
If you're stuck, I'm here to help.
I've pretty much done it all in the last decade between, you know, courses and, training.
I've I've coached, you know, acupuncturists and other health professionals to grow their businesses, so I got a lot of resources and wisdom to share to help you grow your business.
So, it ranges from 200 to 500.
If you're gonna buy the whole year, you'll save 50% off the regular price of the club, so it's 5.46 for an annual membership.
And and most of our club members are making that back really quickly.
Alright.
Well, thank you everyone for coming.
If you also have any last questions on your affiliate to your affiliate dashboard, let me know.
You can always email any affiliate ERCs dotcom affiliate questions to support at ERCs dotcom as well if you think of a question later.
And, otherwise, that's it.
If there are no more questions, don't forget to sign up for the Friday class.
And if you want the $100 discount today for the issued certification level 1, let us know.
We'll just go sign up.
Oh, Melissa would like a level 2 coupon code.
We don't have a level 2 coupon code, Melissa.
We just have one for level 1 at this time.
Alright.
Thank you, everybody.
Thanks, Doty, Brenda, Tiffany.
We will see you guys in the future class.
Have an awesome day.
See you guys soon.
Bye.